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noun
A tick-borne disease of cattle caused by the parasite Babesia bigemina.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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noun
an infectious disease of cattle transmitted by the cattle tick
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: animal disease
History
Cattle from Texas, themselves not showing signs of infection, spread this disease to the Midwestern United States.
